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Wage and employment effects of non-binding minimum wages
Dittrich, Marcus; Knabe, Andreas - 2010
Common wisdom holds that the introduction of a non-binding minimum wage is irrelevant for actual wages and employment. Empirical and experimental research, however, has shown that the introduction of a minimum wage can raise even those wages that were already above the new minimum wage. In this...
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When the minimum wage really bites hard : impact on top earners and skill supply
Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2020
We investigate minimum wage spillovers by exploiting the first-time introduction of a minimum wage within a quasi-experiment in a context with an extraordinary large bite: the German roofing industry. We find positive wage spillovers for medium-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum...
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Impacts of outsourcing on wage : new evidence for the Brazilian debate
Campos, André Gambier - 2016
This article brings empirical evidence for outsourcing debate in Brazil. This evidence is the result of a new …
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Minimum wages and the rise in solo self-employment
Ganserer, Angelika; Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2022
Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up to 8.5 percentage points. We explain our findings within a...
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Minimum wages and insurance within the firm
Adamopoulou, E rosyni; Manaresi, Francesco; Rachedi, Omar; … - 2024
Minimum wages generate an asymmetric pass-through of rm shocks across workers. We establish this result leveraging employer-employee data on Italian metalmanufacturing rms, which face di erent wage oors that vary within occupations. In response to negative rm productivity shocks, workers close...
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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation...
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Optimal minimum wages
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Roth, Duncan; Seidel, Tobias - 2022
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Efficiency wages and the economic effects of the minimum wage : evidence from a low-wage labour market
Georgiadis, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter J.; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
analysiert. Studien zum Mindestlohn im Baugewerbe und Simulationen zu einem allgemeinen Mindestlohn weisen einhellig auf … Beschäftigungsverluste durch einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn für die Bundesrepublik hin. Die Größenordnung hängt vom Mindestlohnniveau …, Gütermarktreaktionen und der Reichweite des Mindestlohnes (Einschluss Auszubildender, geringfügig Beschäftigter) ab. Bei einem Mindestlohn …
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